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Big 12 claims top running backs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The founders of the Big 12 who boasted they'd have the most dominant conference and the greatest running backs were half right.
The Associated Press
In a disappointing maiden voyage for the new conference, Big 12 teams keep sinking in national rankings. Only Baylor and No. 16 Kansas State, both idle last week, remain unbeaten as September turns into October and conference races begin in earnest.
But Big 12 running backs, led by Troy Davis, rank first, second and third on this week's NCAA rushing charts. Two backs also rank sixth and seventh.
Oklahoma freshman DeMond Parker is the seventh-leading rusher in the country, averaging almost 144 yards a game. But in the Big 12, where three men are averaging more than 200 yards and Davis
"This is an amazing group of backs in this conference," said Dan McCarney, Iowa State coach. "I can't imagine a conference in the country that can match the backs that we have in the Big 12."
draws a bead on a second straight 2,000-yard season, Parker is barely an afterthought.
Davis, Iowa State's durable junior, vaulted to No. 1 in the country Saturday with his 378-yard, four-touch-down effort in the Cyclones' 45-31 victory against Missouri. After four games, he's averaging 7.6 yards a carry and 229.2 yards a game.
Right behind him is Texas Tech's Byron Hanspard, who gouged Utah State for 224 yards and raised his average to 206.2. No. 3 is Kansas senior June Henley, who carried for 216 yards in a losing effort at Utah
No. 6 in the country — trailing only Mississippi State's Keffer McGee and East Carolina's Scott Harley — is Oklahoma State's David Thompson, averaging 155.2 yards.
Two weeks ago against Northern Iowa, Davis set a team record with 53 carries for 241 yards.
on Saturday. night, and raised his average to 201.2 yards a game.
Then after one week off, he went out and recorded the third-best single-game performance in NCAA history with 41 carries against Missouri.
"After they gave him the ball 50 times against Northern Iowa, I thought he might be a little tired," said Missouri coach Larry Smith.
Tired? With the game still in doubt, Davis carried 16 times in the fourth quarter for 175 yards.
"It's very clear a great player ... just took over the game when it was on the line going into the fourth quarter. He took it over and dominated it,
Hanspard, who rushed for 1,374 yards last year as a sophomore, also had 272 yards against Oklahoma State, 252 against Tulsa, and 214 two weeks ago in the mud against Georgia.
and that's why Iowa State won," Smith said. "He's a great football player."
Henley is the biggest among the top three at 5-foot-11, 215 pounds.
"We've played against Byron for two years now and you can certainly see he's better now than he was a year ago," said Baylor coach Chuck Reedy. "He's gotten better and better. He's stronger, and he seems to be as fast as he's ever been."
"He's got enough speed to turn in big plays," said Kansas coach Glen Mason. "And when you look at it over the long haul, he's been able to come up big plays against the best competition in the country. He's a big, powerful running back who has awful good moves."
Fun football games in AFC, odds on NFC
By Dave Goldberg
The Associated Press
Name two Super Bowl contenders from the NFC. Green Bay and San Francisco.
Name more? Maybe Detroit. Maybe Philadelphia. Dallas? Not right now.
In fact, with more than a quarter of the season gone, the fun is in the AFC, where a half dozen teams have a legitimate shot at a trip to New Orleans — Indianapolis and Buffalo in the East, Pittsburgh in the Central and San Diego, Kansas City and Denver in the West. Add Miami if Bernie Kosar and Craig Erickson stand in for Dan Marino reasonably well.
All right, the NFC team will win the Super Bowl for the 13th straight season. But the AFC will have more fun getting there.
Fun? San Diego 22, Kansas City 19,
in a game featuring two interceptions,
nine tackles and a sack by
Junior Seau, who also put Chris
Mims into the right position to block
Pete Stoyanovich's game-tying fieldoal
goal attempt. Plus an 81-yard punt
return for a touchdown by Darrien
Gordon. OK, there were nine field
goals. Not everything is perfect.
Fun? Pittsburgh 30, Houston 16, in a game featuring two fights. The league doesn't like fights, but when was the last time a punter, such as Pittsburgh's Shayne Edge, was thrown out of a game?
"Anybody who knows Shayne, who's he going to hurt?" Bill Cowher said of his 180-pound hunter.
In fact, Mike Tomczak could have been thrown out for his altercation with Houston's Marcus Robertson. When Robertson was tossed and Tomczak wasn't, the Oilers
screamed.
Tomczak? He was looking at referee Tom White. "I kept waiting for No. 123 in the white hat to say something," he said.
It's an old rivalry that's being renewed as the Oilers move toward contender status. It was Bum Phillips against Chuck Noll, Jerry Glanville against Chuck Noll, and now it's Jeff Fisher against Bill Cowher, two of the NFL's best young coaches. Too bad the Oilers are about to become the Tennessee Travelers, or some such thing.
The West is the most fun, with Denver, Kansas City and San Diego all at 4-1. Last week the Chiefs beat the Broncos at Arrowhead and the next week the Chargers go to Denver while Kansas City plays host to Pittsburgh. If only Oakland were in the mix. On the other hand, this way we get more shots of Al Davis scowling.
Meanwhile, the Colts became the NFL's only unbeaten team the easiest way — by not playing, allowing Jim Harbaugh to go on television again on the way to becoming the NFL's most overexposed quarterback. Nothing personal, he's just auditioning for his post-career
career.
But while Harbaugh's TV career seems set in stone, the Colts' unbeaten streak could end on Sunday when they go to Buffalo.
That's because the AFC is more fun.
SAME GUY, DIFFERENT TEAMS:
Does anyone get the feeling San Diego isn't Pete Stoyanovich's favorite place?
On Sunday, his 47-yard field goal attempt for Kansas City was blocked, a kick that would have sent the game with the Chargers into overtime.
On Jan. 8, 1995, Stoyanovich and the Dolphins were trailing 22-21 as time ran out in their playoff game with the Chargers. Stoyanovich lined up for the winning field goal, the snap was a bit high and Stoyanovich missed badly.
Jeff Jaeger, however, likes Chicago just fine.
On Sunday, he kicked four field goals to beat the Raiders, who had cut him the final week of training camp, largely for salary cap reasons. His last one, from 30 yards with 11 seconds left, gave Chicago a 19-17 win.
And Al Davis scowled.
Chargers got final break in game against Chiefs
By Bernie Wilson
The Associated Press
"It was one of those games where whoever got the last break was going to win," said Chargers Coach Bobby Ross.
SAN DIEGO — Kansas City and San Diego played a game typical of their AFC West rivalry — tough and not decided until the final seconds.
That break went to the Chargers when defensive end Chris Mims leaped to knock down Pete Stoyanovich's 47-yard field goal attempt with 22 seconds left, preserving San Diego's 22-19 victory against the previously undefeated Chiefs.
Still bothered by a strained hamstring, five-time Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau intercepted Steve Bono twice and had 12 tackles and one sack.
Seau also repositioned Mims on Stoyanovich's attempt to tie the game.
Ross, who got the Chargers to the
Super Bowl in 1994 and won a national championship at Georgia Tech in 1990, said it was one of the most important victories that he has been associated with.
"It has to do with our field leadership," Ross said. "We were getting it from our veterans. That's why we didn't wilt."
It was only the third time this decade the Chargers beat the Chiefs in San Diego, including a 17-0 playoff victory in 1992. The Chargers were eager to atone for last year's 29-23 overtime loss at Kansas City in which they let the Chiefs tie the game.
Seau's second interception came with 5:50 left and led to John Carney's fifth field goal, a 33-yarder to set the final score with 3:17 to go.
Then, with the Chiefs facing third-and 4 from the 50, Kansas City picked up a blitz by Seau, but he found his way through to sack Bono for a 6-yard loss.
The Chiefs got the ball back when
Seau's first interception also came on a blitz. Repelled at the line, Seau dropped into coverage and caught the ball after safety Rodney Harrison tipped it. That led to Carney's second field goal and a 6-10 lead.
Darrien Gordon, who fumbled on a punt return in the second quarter, gave the Chargers a 16-9 lead with an 81-yard punt return with 7:14 left in the third quarter.
The teams had traded six field goals when Gordon made his run back. He caught Louie Aguiar's punt at the 19. A Chiefs player got an arm around Gordson's ankle, but he stayed on his feet, turned the corner and raced down the right sideline. He began high-stepping at the 10,
Tracy Simien recovered Leonard Russell's fumble. Bono got the Chiefs to the Chargers' 29, and Mims then leaped from the middle of the line and blocked Stoyanovich's kick with his forearm.
Mims also had the first of three San Diego sacks.
Marcus Allen took a first-down swing pass and turned it into his longest gain since 1984, 59 yards to the San Diego 3. Bono hit third-string tight end Reggie Johnson on the next play to forge a 16-16 tie.
"I don't know if I've ever been in a game like that where the momentum changed so dramatically, so suddenly," Ross said.
The momentum after Gordon's return didn't last long, as the Chiefs scored two plays later.
The Chiefs tried a fake punt a play earlier and Aguiar would have gotten a first down, but Donnell Bennett was called for holding.
Carney had kicks of 33, 38, 44, 39 and 33 yards, the second time this year he has had five field goals. Stoyanovich connected from 44, 26, 25 and 32 yards before missing at the end.
"It was a big return, because some of the guys were tired, and we had a few penalties," Gordon said.
and Aguiar leveled him just as he crossed the goal line.
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